It’s time to let the music live . . . in Lesson ??? of the 101 Series, we highlight the music of one of the original bards of rock and roll: Buddy Holly. The man who invented the singer-songwriter also managed to look cool in soda pop glass-thick frames, a skinny tie, and black and white. In just a few years, he wrote (literally) a thousand great songs. Enjoy a couple dozen with your boys on the Balcony.
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101 Series Lesson 141 – The Byrds
Hey. You. Do you like REM? The Replacements? Tom Petty? The Jayhawks? Wilco? The Eagles? Then, guess what, buddy, you like The Byrds. All those bands owe a great debt to Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Gene Clark and the rest of the flock for all that jingle-janglin’. In Lesson ??? of the 101 Series, we take flight with The Byrds. Stay in formation, we’ll be traveling eight miles high.
101 Series Lesson 140 – The Best(?!) of 2010-2019
Another decade has come and gone and . . . it was definitely 10 years. Wow! While rock may be dead, hip hop messed up on opioids, country bro-ified and pop Beiber-ized . . . we still managed to find good music from the 2010s to share. Here it is, the Best of the Decade.
101 Series Lesson 139 – Thanksgiving For The Family
If there’s one thing to be thankful for, it is music. And food. So, two things to be thankful for. Join us as we celebrate the two with an entire show dedicated to T-Day. Tune out the family and your favorite teams losing on television, put on the airpods and let Balcony Radio soundtrack every course.
PLAYLIST:
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY: PEGGY LEE (THANKSGIVING DINER PARTY)
ALMOST THANKSGIVING DAY: GRAHAM PARKER (YOUR COUNTRY)
THANKSGIVING: LOUDON WAINRIGHT III (CAREER MOVES)
I’VE GOT PLENTY TO BE THANKFUL FOR: BING CROSBY (HOLIDAY INN)
SWEET POTATO PIE: AL JARREAU (COMPLETE)
MY SWEET POTATO: BOOKER T. & THE MGS (AND NOW!)
MASHED POTATOS: JAMES BROWN (GRITS & SOUL)
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE: JAY & THE TECHINQUES (APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE)
ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK: BRIAN WILSON (SMILE)
THANKSGIVING SONG: MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER (COME DARKNESS, COME LIGHT)
YOUNG PILGRIMS: THE SHINS (CHUTES TOO NARROW)
WILD AS A TURKEY: HAYES CARLL (TROUBLE IN MIND)
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT: LOVE (REEL TO REAL)
THANKFUL ‘N’ THOUGHTFUL: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE (FRESH)
LET’S TURKEY TROT: LITTLE EVA (PLAYLIST)
EVERYBODY EATS WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE: CAB CALLOWAY (HI DE HO MAN)
FLYING TURKEY TROT: REO SPEEDWAGON (YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR)
THE THANKSGIVING FILLER: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (GO-GO BOOTS)
GIVE THANKS AND PRAISES: BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (CONFRONTATION)
THANK YOU, FRIENDS: BIG STAR (KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY)
SANTA STOLE CHRISTMAS: JUMMY BUFFET (‘TIS THE SEASON)
101 Series Lesson 138 – Oscar Winning Songs
They don’t always give out awards for best songs . . . until they do. Every year. At the Oscars. In Lesson 137 of the 101 Series we play the best tunes from the movies. Some of your all-time favorites have won the Oscar for Best Song, we’ll be spinning a couple dozen of them.
PLAYLIST:
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT: FRED ASTAIRE (1936-SWING TIME)
SWINGIN’ ON A STAR: BING CROSBY (1944-GOING MY WAY)
MONA LISA: NAT ‘KING’ COLE (1950-CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A.)
THE BALLAD OF HIGH NOON: TEX RITTER (1952-HIGH NOON)
QUE SERA SERA: DORIS DAY (1956-THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH)
MOON RIVER: AUDREY HEPBURN (1961-BREKFAST AT TIFFANY’S)
BORN FREE: MATT MUNRO (1966-BORN FREE)
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD: B.J. THOMAS (1969-BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID)
THEME FROM ‘SHAFT’: ISAAC HAYES ( 1971-SHAFT)
THE WAY WE WERE: BARBRA STREISAND (1973-THE WAY WE WERE)
WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN: MAUREEN MCGOVERN (1974-THE TOWERING INFERNO)
I’M EASY: KEITH CARRADINE (1975-NASVILLE)
LAST DANCE: DONNA SUMMER (1978-THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY)
FAME: IRENE CARA (1980-FAME)
ARTHUR’S THEME: CHRISTOPHER CROSS (1981-ARTHUR)
UP WHERE WE BELONG: JOE COCKER & JENNIFE WARREN (1982-OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN)
I JUAT CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU: STEVIE WONDER (1982-THE WOMAN IN RED)
SAY YOU, SAY ME: LIONEL RITCHIE (1985-WHITE NIGHTS)
TAKE MY BREATHE AWAY: BERLIN (1986-TOP GUN)
SOONER OR LATER: MADONNA (1990-DICK TRACY)
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1993-PHILADELPHIA)
THINGS HAVE CHANGED: BOB DYLAN (2000-WONDER BOYS)
JAI HO: A.E. RAHMAN (2008-SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
101 Series Lesson 137 – Rod Stewart
Scotland . . . land of haggis, men in mid-thigh skirts (kilts) who will kick your ass, and golf. It’s given us those terrible things, but it’s also given us one Rod the Mod Bod of Nailing Blondes Stewart. In Lesson 137 of the 101 Series, we get some plaid soul with one of the.
101 Series Lesson 136 – ACDC Asskicking!
In the mid-Neolithic Era, the Young family learned three chords and have spent millennia perfecting them. And humanity is all the better because of it. In Lesson 136 of the 101 Series, we spin the crunchiest vege-rock Australia has ever chundered. AC/DC is plugged in and electrified. Grab some lightning and hold on.
101 Series Lesson 135 – Skinhead Punk
Oh, no. The rudeboys and the skinheads are in the house. You know what that means: Balcony Radio has gone Two Tone. It’s ska time on Lesson 135 of the 101 Series. Join us as we feature the best of Skinhead Reggae from the isle of Jamaica and the Isle…
101 Series Lesson 133 – Songs About “The Famous”
It’s very easy these days to join up with or invent your own cult. There are cults that are based on religion, politics, business, sports, cities and revolution. For lesson 133 of the 101 Series we focus on the Cult of Personality as we listen to songs written about famous people.
101 Series Lesson 125 – UnHappy Valentines, B**ch! (or B***ard!)
There are many times during the year when we pay tribute to our better halves. Whether it’s a male or female there is always a special way to show them how you feel. But every once in awhile you need to just blow off some steam and get a little hostile. Balcony Radio is a lone wolf. A rebel. You don’t want to get mixed up with a radio station like us. We don’t spend Valentine’s Day playing the lovey-dovey stuff. We find that the best songs are the ones about what happens February 15th. Check out our testament to Anti-Love Songs to let us soundtrack your dinner for 1.
